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Joaquin Torres

CA · Assessor-Recorder, City and County of San Francisco

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Former director of San Francisco's Office of Economic and Workforce Development and of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services. Priorities: modernizing records systems and online services, and expanding free financial-empowerment and estate-planning resources.

Where Joaquin Torres stands, based on their records

Supports

Government Efficiency (2 records)

Campaign Finance Information — Assessor-Recorder

Campaign Finance Information · Assessor-Recorder · November 3, 2026

Data last updated August 10, 2026

Raised
$51,200
Spent
$5,802
Cash on hand
$45,398
Debts
$7,500

Top disclosed occupations of direct donors

  • RETIRED$8,751
  • ATTORNEY$2,900
  • OWNER$2,100
  • CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$1,850
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$1,450
Direct contributions by size
  • $500-$999$34,500
  • $250-$499$6,485
  • $100-$249$7,841

Source: San Francisco Ethics Commission · 2026 cycle · raw.githubusercontent.com

Track record

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 2 support
  • Launched a San Francisco property-records portal allowing users to search property information by address or parcel number and access basic records online.

    March 16, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: sfchronicle.com · researched August 15, 2026

  • Reported that the Office of the Assessor-Recorder supported more than 40,000 customers, launched new online tools for public-record and marriage-certificate requests, and launched Phase 1.0 of a property-assessment system modernization.

    December 31, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: sf.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Track record — General

General · 2 records
  • Was elected San Francisco Assessor-Recorder in the February 15, 2022 special election, receiving 99.91% of the final-round vote in the certified results.

    February 15, 2022

    Source: sfelections.org · researched August 15, 2026

  • Was sworn in as San Francisco Assessor-Recorder after Mayor London Breed appointed him to the office, succeeding Carmen Chu.

    February 8, 2021

    Source: sanfrancisco.granicus.com · researched August 15, 2026

Track record — Candidate Ethics

Candidate Ethics · 1 record
  • The San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance Task Force found Assessor-Recorder Joaquín Torres, Aydin Salim Kayali, and the Office of the Assessor-Recorder violated Administrative Code section 67.25(a) by failing to respond to two immediate-disclosure requests by the required deadline.

    September 3, 2025

    Source: sunshine.archive.sf.gov · researched August 15, 2026

Race Joaquin Torres is in:

  • Assessor-Recorder · November 3, 2026 · San Francisco County, California · incumbent

Profile last researched August 8, 2026.